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Some reviews are particularly difficult to get started; there are often key points you want to bring up at the relevant opportunity, but delivering that opening gambit is a…

"Which button do I press?" She asks, character flailing about on screen."Left trigger," I inform her."Which one's that?""Bumpers... Triggers..." I tilt my controller to…

I love my 3DS. Handheld gaming never really did anything for me in terms of longevity because I got bored too easily. The same games, overplayed until I get them to the point that…

THQ are no stranger to the world of fighting games - they have produced some of the best wrestling games available. This however is a different beast altogether; it’s got…

Ask any programmer or designer from Naughty Dog and they'll agree that trying to replicate perfection is far from easy. You have to get everything right, from the smallest nuances…

How many times have you waited for the next big budget release? Call of Duty? Battlefield? Uncharted? Anything in between? Now, how many times have you bought a little indie game…

I feel I should begin with a small disclaimer that this series of blogs is not intended to be a misogynistic rant about girls and gaming - there are those out there prepared to…

Schools across the United Kingdom today marked Safer Internet Day 2012 to tackle uninhibited online attitudes that leave children increasingly vulnerable to cyber bullying,…

NeverDead is Konami's latest game, a collaboration with developers Rebellion Software and is a less than typical action title featuring hordes of demonic creatures waiting to be…

Futuremark Games Studio have returned with a rather interesting title. Unstoppable Gorg, a 1950's sci-fi b-movie inspired tower defense title that tries to put a spin on the genre…

It seemed quite apt that Hollywood director Michael Bay took control of one of the trailers for EA's latest driving fest as it seems they've missed the point, just like Michael…

For better or worse, developers and publishers are constantly looking through their back catalogues in search of franchises to reinvent; the upcoming Syndicate and X-COM titles…

Within the seemingly limitless categories and sub-genres used to classify video-games, everyone has their favourites, whilst others are looked on with disdain. For my household…

I would have started this review with some vaguely semi-humorous opening statement, but in the case of Saints Row: The Third, the sheer insane nature of the title speaks for…

Shinobi is a rare little gem of a game: a title that comes along every now and then, one that is relatively under the radar when compared to the hype and publicity most big-name…

It’s hard to think that it’s been ten years to the day since Halo and Master Chief graced our screens for the first time, and

I've never really been a Sonic fan. I've played them, sure, but I've always failed to see the spark many people have. So did the latest game from Sega, Sonic Generations,…

Trackmania has proved to be somewhat of a sleeper hit since the racing series was first released on the PC in 2003. In fact, the Trackmania lineage now boasts over 10 million…

Since the release of the PC SDK for the Kinect, weve seen some interesting applications, often more intuitive than Microsoft are managing on the Xbox 360.There are many great…

As a gamer, it's often the case I'll allow myself to be utterly immersed in a game world, but no series has managed that more than The Elder Scrolls. I briefly fell out of love…